Dr Sarolta H. Trinh, PhD candidate at the Pediatric Center of Semmelweis University and first author of the study (IMAGE)

Semmelweis University

Dr Sarolta H. Trinh, PhD candidate at the Pediatric Center of Semmelweis University and first author of the study

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Virtual reality headsets used in the randomized controlled trial conducted at Semmelweis University’s Pediatric Center, where researchers examined whether preoperative VR use could reduce anxiety and postoperative pain in adolescents undergoing funnel chest surgery (pectus excavatum).

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Photo: Attila Kovács - Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

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